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(118,566 posts)Maajid Nawaz bases his credibility on a compelling personal story, but how much of it is true?
By Nafeez Ahmed, Max Blumenthal
AlterNet February 5, 2016
Maajid Nawaz, a native Briton of Pakistani background, tells a compelling personal story of his odyssey from extremist Islam to enlightenment ... Recently, Nawaz has trained his firepower on leftists and liberals, equating them with Islamic extremists if they express opposition to Islamophobia ... Nawazs fascinating autobiography is the basis of his identity as the pop idol of counter-terrorism. His credibility rests on his personal story. It is the foundation of his trustworthiness. So we spoke with more than a dozen people intimately familiar with the crucial facets of Maajid Nawazs life. They told us that many of his most important claims about his transformative journey are dubious ...
http://www.alternet.org/grayzone-project/self-invention-maajid-nawaz-fact-and-fiction-life-counter-terror-celebrity